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2010 Map of Wire Lake

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Wire Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Dunlap and the surrounding ranchlands of Chaves County are defined by a network of ephemeral water sources and drainage systems in this 2010 survey. The landscape is marked by essential livestock improvements and seasonal catchments, including New Tank, Corona Tank, and the eponymous Wire Lake. These features are vital to the operations of local livestock holdings like Halfway House Ranch and Boot Ranch, which are connected by a sparse grid of rural routes such as Sotol Rd and County Rd-1-10.

Natural drainages like North Home Draw and the significant Fifteenmile Arroyo dictate the layout of the rangeland. To the east, Burro Hill and Burro Draw provide topographic variety in an otherwise open terrain. This map captures the modern infrastructure of high-desert ranching, from the scattered outposts like South Camp to the man-made reservoirs like Casaus Lake and North Home Lake that sustain the region's agricultural economy.